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Public Sector Innovation and Management Publications. Three new publications present the rich harvest of three EPSA editions in the academic spotlight.

07 January 2014

Three new publications present the rich harvest of three EPSA editions in the academic spotlight:• Weathering the Storm: Creative EPSA Solutions In a Time of Crisis, published by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)• In Search of Local Public Management Excellence. Seven Journeys to Success, published by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)• Public Management in the twenty-first Century – Trends, Ideas and Practices, published by the Oslo University Press.

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This book aims to demonstrate that various creative and smart routes to excellent solutions are possible, by analysing success stories in different areas of local public management from seven European cities in the EPSA scheme – Bilbao (ES), Birmingham (UK), Mannheim (DE), Milan (IT), Tallinn (EE), Tampere (FI), and Trondheim (NO). It concludes by presenting seven steps leading to excellence. The only thing left to find out is: are other cities ready to take on the challenge?

What kind of ideas are behind the remodelling of the state and public sector, and how have these ideas materialized in practice? In this book the authors illustrate what are the driving forces behind the huge amount of public management reforms over the last three decades. Trends and ideas of public management reforms in practice are validated by data from European Public Sector Award cases (2009 and 2011).

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from the European public sector. Outstanding administrative performances are,
after all, produced under different conditions within Europe.